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Title: FDA experts vote in favor of OTC sale of Plan B.(Across Specialties)(Food and Drug Administration)(over the counter)
Author: Elizabeth Mechcatie
Publication: Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 32 Issue: 4 Page: 101(1)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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GAITHERSBURG, MD. -- If the levonorgestrel-only emergency contraceptive becomes available over the counter, as recommended by a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel, this option could halve the number of unintended pregnancies and abortions that occur in this country each year, according to some estimates.
At a joint meeting of the FDA's nonprescription drugs and reproductive health drugs advisory committees, the panels voted 23-4 in favor of the OTC switch for the product, which is marketed as Plan B.